Head - Islamic Studies - Yasmina British Academy

Head - Islamic Studies - Yasmina British Academy - Immediate Start

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Yasmina British Academy is an outstanding English Curriculum school in the beautiful city of Abu Dhabi. With our globally recognised and admired curriculum, dedicated and passionate practitioners, and outstanding teaching and learning, Yasmina British Academy is an exceptional place to work. It has an exciting, diverse and progressive learning community that annually produces some of the very best I/GCSE and A Level results in the UAE.

Our learning culture is underpinned by our core values of excellence, respect, passion, collaboration and creativity, allowing all students to thrive. Furthermore, the Academy is extremely proud of its recent ADEK inspection, which rated Yasmina British Academy as ‘Outstanding’ in all six performance standards, putting it among the top schools in the UAE and Middle East.

• Assist academy in achieving its overall vision and strategic intentions and contribute to the achievement of relevant targets as set out in the academy’s improvement plan and self-evaluation form
• Comply with regulations pertaining to health and safety at work legislation and adhere to academy policies relating to safe working practice and equal opportunities regulations
• Comply with the academy’s Performance Management Policy ensuring challenging annual targets are set and fulfil the role of performance management reviewer if directed to do so by the principal
• Engage in annual training linked to child protection, safeguarding and health and safety together with all training deemed appropriate for the purpose of academy improvement or performance management
• Comply with the academy’s staff dress code at all times including the wearing of photo  / lanyard
• Comply with the academy’s computer Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) at all times
• Create a culture of high performance
• Further develop an outstanding teaching and learning culture ensuring outstanding achievement for all
• Lead on curriculum development ensuring outstanding provision for all, including an enhanced extra and co‑curricular programme
• Lead and manage staff, including overseeing staffing, recruitment, performance appraisal and professional development
• Efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources, including budget planning, timetable overview and talent acquisition
• Lead on the marketing of the department to promote the school, raise the profile of the subject and increase student numbers
• Communicate effectively and proactively with all stakeholders
• Play a lead role in developing key policies and practices that support the Academy’s overall aims, vision and values
• Attend all staff briefings
• Sign out and sign in at relevant academy reception if off site at any point during the normal working day
• Other duties which may be reasonably assigned by the Principal or Head of School

• Developing policies and practices leading to high quality outcomes for all students at all Key Stages within the department
• Ensuring that all practices promote student progression; improved achievements; a positive ethos and the commitment of staff to shared goals
• To share responsibility for representing the Department at cross‑curricular committees e.g. EAL link
• To empower and provide strategic direction to the discreet Heads of Subjects

• Monitoring and reviewing students' progress through the use of appropriate data, home learning, student voice, lesson observations, student work reviews and parental engagement
• Identifying through performance management individual training needs and ensuring that those needs are met
• Identifying and implementing strategies to enhance learning and teaching within the department, including the use of emerging learning technologies
• Modelling outstanding practice in learning and teaching
• Involving external advice and expertise where this would further benefit and enhance the learning agenda and therefore student progress, achievement and standards

• Leading curriculum…